dizzyturtle
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Sep 12, 2022 10:39 PM
dizzyturtle
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Only unmute to hear cheesy music.
theogreofpcp
Please don’t pet Seeing Eye Humans. They’re working.
IliveIdyeIliveagain
mindfrieze
At first I thought this was a 3-legged race, and it blew my mind! I was sure they were gonna crash and burn at the end.
jaakkopaakkonen
The most beautiful thing about this: The guides let the competitors first over the finish line
chetnixandflill
That water droplet made me think they were censoring the booty.
JustStopTalking
1st place , I bet you she didn't see that coming.
Timeandrelativedimensionsinspaghetti
All jokes aside that blind chick has a wagon you could feed the settlers with
Djkb6718
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itsallaboutthecones
Is that a Donner party joke?
ChanMan9000
This is one of those everyone wins cause holy hell I didn’t know this was a thing.
2imgurtoquit
https://i.imgur.com/lMd4jqF
morethan3words
Is it always mixed gender? Or does it just happen to be the 3 pairs here are mixed?
LukeHaughn
This may be totally wrong but it may be easier for males to match not only the speed but the synchronization of each woman’s stride.
FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
Yeah, it might be difficult to find sighted women athletes who can keep up with professional blind athletes. Men tend to have longer legs
Kbantar
Imagine if the fastest person alive is blind. We'd never know.
COOLGUY68
Don’t unmute
torp
https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansAreMetal/comments/wmirw0/the_blind_david_brown_is_guided_by_jerome_avery/
hadan8088
I wonder if they practice with a metronome? Like a musician getting good at low speeds and then ramping it up.
camjay14
Well thats just flippin cool!!
sjbrooksy7447
If you see them coming it is already too late
IAmAMammal
They should make a rail with a waist harness or something. The blind runners's time can never exceed that of the guide when they do this.
NoFuxToGive
Looks like they're slowing them down though
slyvic
How do you get that fast blind? I'm assuming they weren't born blind? Cause then you spend your entire life barely walking. Or am I wrong?
otiumCatulli
I always get very emotional watching these. I think part is seeing men support women in sport
Hellstorm99
Had no idea this sort of thing existed, and I find it to be... holy fucking shit, these have gotta be some seriously good people!
WhattaYaLookingFor
Imagine running full on in complete darkness. I’d shit my pants.
sydneygirl
if I had to run fast I'd hit my own legs together- how they don't bump into each other is amazing
Elrohn
Fyi...because there are varying degrees of blindness...the blindfold ensures anyone with limited sight has an advantage.
komsons
You read my mind, was wondering why.
labyrinthconvention
He's blind, he could sense you think waves
Elrohn
Doesnt
spidermenz
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wurth
Doesn't has an advantage
spidermenz
Where you been?
zrXO
sightn't
desolatorx
With the celebratory wedgie!
Agreatmanoncesaid
A gift
dj5897
I know right? She'll be so embarrassed when she watches the replay!!!
EchoWhiskyBravo
littleslo
sneakypoo
Well, I learned something new today. I had no idea this was a thing and now I want more of it.
UpsideDownSquirrel
Always wondered how this worked. Neat!
BrownieAss17
The sheer TRUST. I'm inspired!
Jatok
Practice
ILikeRespondingWithWillSmithGifs
To do what? Trust? Or participate in 3 legged race? ?
SonneilIon
What do they do for blind men?
KiopMiko
Gorillas
SuperKamiGuru11
But then we are stuck with Gorrillas?
Slayer3k
Never ran on track ground when it rained... Is it slippery or does it have good grip?
AgainstMethod
Even without spikes, it's a rough, slightly absorbent material.
flamingflamingo
I think the track is slightly absorbent and spongey, so it retains its grip.
sneakypoo
They have spiked shoes so I don't think it's much of an issue for them.
Slayer3k
Yeah , that makes much more sense. Never took a peek at running shoes.
teaforyouandme
I regularly run on tracks in the rain without spikes and it’s still usually fine!
atomright2718
Usually.......
teaforyouandme
In my experience it mostly depends on how nice/well cared for the track is
itachipirate
On worse tracks (like in highschool) there are sometimes huge divets in lanes with giant water pools!
DonteHaversham
Others have mentioned spikes, I'd add that modern tracks are kinda rubbery. Slightly spongy and grippy
NickRivieraMD
ehh, I've found the grippiness gets iffy if there's any standing water
DonteHaversham
...any surface that's flooded will be challenging to race on, with cleats or tires or anything else.
Slayer3k
almost forgot about the actual question
FallOutBoy
Spikes:
fantasma21
That was not an available choice answer. You’re wrong.
gummyloaf
I choose to believe the part on the heel is magnets just in case the spikes don’t work.
Slayer3k
Ah , never really payd attention to that. thanks!
cornzilla
They have different levels of spike as well depending on the surface or sometimes the event. I did distance so I had shorter spikes.
SirBobby98121
My track shoes had removable spikes for when you wore them down ... ?
idontcareone
Those look like they are removable. Notice how the metal spikes are depressed into the shoe
dizzyturtle
They only run on the front part of their feet and the spicks are pretty long. Longer than this probably.
Jeffdalmer
6mm for track
Slayer3k
Yeah , that makes sense. Never really looked at running shoes.
alligatorlator
They are about that length. At least when and where I was in school if they were longer than a certain length, you would be DQ’d.
Kevlar762
How does one get Dairy Queen'd? How ever it happens, sign me up!
alligatorlator
It’s funny you say that. We had a run to and from DQ it was about a mile long. Once a year we would run to DQ eat ice cream then run back.
alligatorlator
The run to was by far more fun than the run back on a hot spring day lol
feryooday
We had ones a little smaller than this for synthetic tracks, and longer than this for dirt
rgraz65
Yep, we had track with almost an asphalt type surface and you used small spikes, or cinder tracks with long spikes. Still have my wrench.
feryooday
We’d swap em out depending where we were racing
cornzilla
Yeah for distance if it was XC season we had dort spikes for track you swap them. But I had specific track shoes vs xc shoes because grass(1